only one thing I would add here - read the fusion help system voraciously before doing anything. It always helps to hear what the manufacturer has to say about the matter.
On Nov 30, 2013, at 8:25 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > See my answers below. > On Nov 30, 2013, at 7:01 AM, Lee Jones <leejones...@sky.com> wrote: > >> Dear List,I am new to the macworld. >> How easy is it to set up a windows virtual machine using fusion. > Pretty easy. You just give it the location of your dvd, or the location of a > Windows ISO (I think that would work) and off it goes. It will look for > Windows install disks when you create a new vm, though, so it should be as > simple as choosing your disk and pressing enter. > >> How do you get windows installed. Load the CD? > Again, point Fusion to your Windows install disk, if it doesn't pick it up > automatically (which it should). > >> When you first install windows how do you interact with it without a screen >> reader in order to get jaws or nvda installed? Is linux easier in this >> regard because orca comes with the os? > You don't. Windows is useless to you until you get a screen reader, so you'll > need sighted help initially. There is a new project that bundles NVDA with > Windows to offer an accessible installer, but I don't have the link right > now. Google should find it pretty easily though. > >> What are the pros and cons of using fusion vs bootcamp? I have a 4 GB >> macbook air on the way and am trying to research before it arrives. > Bootcamp runs Windows natively, with full system resources, but you have to > restart the computer to switch operating systems. Fusion lets you run Windows > like it was just another app, giving you both systems at once. Plus, you can > back up or transfer the virtual machine holding your Windows if you want to, > so if you get a new machine you can just bring your Windows install, with all > your programs and settings, over to the new machine. Also, Bootcamp requires > you to partition your drive, so you lose a lot of drive space. A vm will grow > as necessary, taking up only as much room as it needs. > >> I have heardpeople talking about giving 1gb ram to windows does this mean >> all the >> time when the machine is on even if you are not using windows? Does a vm >> degrade OSx performance? > No, the ram used for Windows is only in use when the vm is running. When it > is shut down, or Fusion is closed, that ram goes back to the Mac. The only > degradation you should experience is the loss of some processor use and ram, > and that only while Windows is on, but most people don't notice it. I am > having issues right now, but that is probably because I am running Windows in > a different way than most. >> >> Many Thanks, Lee >> >> >> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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